#596B56#596B56

#596B56 is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.039 H 141.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B56
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 86)
HSL	hsl(111, 11%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(111, 20%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 19.6%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.23, -11.21, 9.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.23, 14.74, 139.52°)
OKLab	oklab(50.65% -0.0305 0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(50.65% 0.039 141.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.0569, 13.3109, 10.7890)
Luminance	0.1331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596B56 #68566B

analogous

#636B56 #596B56 #566B5D

triadic

#596B56 #56596B #6B5659

tetradic

#596B56 #56636B #68566B #6B5D56

square

#596B56 #56636B #68566B #6B5D56

split-complementary

#596B56 #5D566B #6B5663

monochromatic

#21271F #3D493B #596B56 #758D71 #96A893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#596B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#596B56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B56

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B56	1.00	5.73	3.66	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6755

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#586A65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.039 141.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889585',
    500: '#596b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b56;
$custom-light: #889585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 111.429,
    "s": 10.881,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50654,
    "c": 0.03919,
    "h": 141.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B56

secondary

#958697

accent

#74B4AB

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF1EF

border

#CACBCA

text

#0B0D0B

muted

#7C7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B56

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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